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Originally Posted by whoman69
You're just messing with us on this one. There were attempts at a bulletproof vest long before the 60s, going back to the late middle ages.
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"Second Chance is a body armor manufacturing company and was the first one to use kevlar for body armor. The company was founded in the early 1970s by former U.S. Marine and
pizza delivery owner/driver Richard Davis. Davis developed the idea of a bulletproof vest after shooting three armed robbers during a delivery out of self defense. This incident was later documented in a 1995 book written by firearms instructor Massad Ayoob called The Ayoob Files: The Book.
Davis started his company out of his garage. In early sales demonstrations, he would put on one of his vests and then shoot himself, usually with a firearm provided by whatever agency he was demonstrating for."
I guess he was the first one to use Kevlar, so maybe the writer considered it to be the first successful/modern day vest...